16
January
The best spaghetti sauce ever
Betsy, Kim and I were having a conversation today over our horseradish Cheddar, apple and bacon sandwiches at CRC about spaghetti sauce. Kim’s mom used…
An apron with my name
I want an apron with my name on it. I stopped working full time in January. I can’t quite bring myself to call it “retired.”…
Falling out of love with my grill
I never thought I would see this day and I’m even hesitant to write about it, but I’ve had a revelation regarding my gas grill…
The Wedge
Forget grain bowls, coconut-oil based dressings and…please…no more kale. Lately, I’ve been pining away for a good old Wedge. No one knows who invented that…
Make yourself a regular
King Daddy and I adopted a travel plan when we first went overseas. Go to one locale and make yourself a regular. When we went…
Goulash
I seem to be surrounded by goulash these days. Now that Dammit Boy lives in Vienna he makes it or eats it in a restaurant…
The fruit ninja
My son, who many of you know as Dammit Boy, is a 26-year-old research associate at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. He is…
14
January
Empanadas
Ya’ll are such party poopers. Not one single person commented on my brilliant kale post, except a guy in Reno who saw it on my…
22
September
Hurry-up chili
I don’t about ya’ll but this recession is beating the living daylights out of me. And nowhere is it more evident than in my kitchen….
1
February
The other chili
I know. I must have some kind of chili obsession going this week. But there’s a reason for it, and then I will just get…
30
December
Cheater’s casserole
My son, Noah, got very lucky when he entered high school. He found forever friends. And I got lucky, too, because they’re all adventurous eaters…
30
September
Mini Me’s
I just love a good hamburger, don’t you? I like every kind. When we were growing up in Illinois, my parents would take Louise and…
28
May
Don’t drain that ground chuck
Making tacos from a kit tonight. I know – how pathetic. But I just got finished making some fabulous scones for a P.E.O. meeting tomorrow…
10
April
The best spaghetti sauce
I have made probably 40-plus recipes of spaghetti sauce over the years. Some of them made up, some of them from recipes. But I stumbled…
19
January
The best spaghetti sauce
I’ve been making spaghetti sauce of one kind or another for the last thirty years. The kind that I’ve come to appreciate the more I…